Engine-tender platform.



H. T. KRAKAU. I ENGINE TENDER PLATFORM.

APPUCATION FILED MAR. 9,1912.

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HARRY T. KRAKAU, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL MALLEABLEOASTINGS COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

ENGINE-TENDER PLATFORM.

Application filed March 9, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY T. KRAKAU, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, have invented a new andImproved Engine-Tender Platform, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved platform, and Fig. 2 is anenlarged section on lines IIII of Fig. 1.

My invention relates to platforms or aprons between engines and tendersand is designed to provide a platform which will adjust itself tochanges of level and direction between the engine cab deck and thetender deck by a telescopic and laterally slidable joint.

In the present form of aprons or platforms in use between the engine andtender the constant change of level between the cab deck and the tenderdeck frequently causes the apron to be cooked at a sharp angle from theengine deck or to leave a gap between the tender deck and the apron,both of these conditions being a constant source of danger to thefireman, as he may thereby trip over the apron or catch his foot in thegap and be thrown from the train or otherwise injured. Thesedisadvantages are obviated by my improved construction.

Referring to the drawings, 2 indicates the engine, 3 the tender and 4the coupling means.

5 is the cab deck and 6 is the tender deck. At the rear of the enginedeck are the pivot lugs 7 from which depends the apron 8. This apron 8has a recess 9 at its outer edge adapted for the admission of the apronor web 10 which is pivotally attached by the lugs 11 to the tender 3.

When the engine and the tender are coupled, the apron 8 is held in ahorizontal position, and the web 10 is caused to enter the recess 9 ofthe apron 8. The plates comprising the apron 8 and web 10 are rigid, sothat the apron 8 and the web 10 will mutually Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented June 29, 1915.

Serial No. 682,620.

sustain each other when the web 10 has entered the recess 9, and at thesame time, there is provided a telescoping and laterally slidable jointbetween the parts. Hence, it will be seen that the platform comprised ofthese two parts 8 and 10 will always adjust itself to the unequal levelsof the cab and tender decks, and that this adjustment will not only bevertical and horizontal, but will also be lateral, so that not onlyinequalities of level, but also changes of direction, such as occurduring rounding of curves, will be provided for.

What I claim is:

1. An engine tender platform comprised of two webs, the said webs havinga slot and recess engagement and admitting of vertical and lateralmovement of the engine and tender without drawing apart.

2. An engine-tender platform comprised of two webs, one end of each ofsaid webs being pivotally attached to the engine and tenderrespectively, one of said webs being adapted to take about the other atits free end, and the free ends of said webs being mutuallyself-supporting.

3. An engine-tender platform comprised of a recessed member pivoted tothe engine, and a web pivoted to the tender, said web having its freeend entered in the recessed member.

4. An engine-tender platform comprised of pivoted plates attached to theengine and tender respectively, and telescopic means for supporting saidplates and for providing for relative lateral, vertical, and horizontalmovement of the engine and tender.

5. An engine tender platform consisting of pivoted members attached tothe engine and tender respectively, one of said members being adapted totake about the other, the said members comprising a telescoping andlaterally slidable joint.

HARRY T. KRAKAU.

Witnesses:

HARRY E. ORR, F. W. SWENSTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

